Nelson Agholor is a Fantasy Sleeper (36% Owned) Projected to Be the #71 WR Ahead of Rashard Higgins

Scout Fantasy Football Outlook 2019

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Scout Staff

Aug 18, 2019
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UpdateAug 18, 2019, 1:54pm

DRAFT ADVICE AND POSITION RANK

Draft Nelson Agholor as a week-to-week fantasy spot starter in 2019. His 91 projected fantasy points puts him at #71 behind Paul Richardson and ahead of Rashard Higgins. He has averaged 6.34 fantasy points in his past 16 games, which is more than our projected per game average. His projected per game average is 5.7 fantasy points. His rank based on avg proj (#72) is worse than his rank based on total fantasy points. He is more valuable in PPR leagues where he is the #62 ranked wide receiver. He is overrated if you compare his ownership based rank with his projection rank. At 36%, he is the #54 most highly owned wide receiver. Nelson Agholor is expected to come up short of last season's #40 fantasy position rank.

START NELSON AGHOLOR IN WEEK 1... AHEAD OF DEVIN FUNCHESS

Nelson Agholor is projected for 6 fantasy points in week 1 which ranks him a the #63 projected wide receiver for the week and a starter for most fantasy teams. This is projected to be a slightly better than average week with more fantasy points than he is projected to average the rest of the season. He is ranked above Devin Funchess but behind Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Week 2 will be slightly worse based on projected rank (#64). He is projected for 5.9 fantasy points.

WEEK 1 WR RANK

PROJECTION

ROS FP PROJ AVG

#61 Albert Wilson (4% OWN)

6.1 FP

6.5 FP

#62 Marquez Valdes-Scantling (45% OWN)

6 FP

6.8 FP

#63 Nelson Agholor (36% OWN)

6 FP

5.7 FP

#64 Devin Funchess (59% OWN)

5.8 FP

6.3 FP

#65 Antonio Callaway (17% OWN)

5.8 FP

5.8 FP

WEEK 2 WR RANK

PROJECTION

ROS FP PROJ AVG

#62 Zay Jones (22% OWN)

6 FP

6.6 FP

#63 Keke Coutee (27% OWN)

5.9 FP

6.3 FP

#64 Nelson Agholor (36% OWN)

5.9 FP

5.7 FP

#65 David Moore (43% OWN)

5.8 FP

6.1 FP

#66 Michael Gallup (15% OWN)

5.8 FP

6 FP

FANTASY PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL STATS

The tables below show projected stats (totals and averages) for the rest of the season and upcoming weeks. Below the projection are actual stats from last season.